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I haven't posted a blog in a while here due to personal reasons, and apologies to some, as I couldn't reply to a previous thread that I had started, ( you know who you are). But anyway, the following…Continue

The idea that there is a perfect match out there for everyone seems to be nonsense to me. Where is the evidence for this? And even if it were true that doesn't necessarily mean you will find that…Continue

This is a quick one while it's on my mind. When it comes to talk of respect, the standard line seems to go something like "I will respect the person and their right to believe whatever they want, but…Continue

I know this topic might seem a bit more personal than usual for this site. A few months ago my older brother committed suicide, it was tough as you might expect. At the time I remember not turning to…Continue

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"That's just so deep Marisol.
You are so right. I have also lost a child but not to suicide. I couldn't begin to put myself in your shoes. But I hope that somehow you find your happiness again. Even though that enormous part of you has…"

"Derek, I know this is an old post, but I wanted to reply anyway. I lost my son Danny, age 26, to suicide last year. Not once did I turn to prayer or the "supernatural". I face my loss straight on, and redirected my grief…"

"By "soul" I mean my internal self, and my life: the bed I have made for myself and which I lie in. I'm not talking about a self which lives on after we die (although i believe in this too).
I like this idea of…"

"Archaeopteryx -
"As for doing harm to no one, I maintain that mocking others does harm to you - it demeans you and detracts from your humanity."
I agree that this is a general and important principle. If I am disproportionate in my…"

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This blog is a reaction to the nonsense of "Propaganda Pat Condell" and his latest video. I wrote this a while back.

Israel – Palestine – United Sates

"The main danger which Israel, as a 'Jewish state', poses to its own people, to other Jews and to its neighbours, is its ideologically motivated pursuit of territorial expansion and the inevitable series of wars resulting from this aim...No Zionist politician has ever repudiated the idea that Israeli policies…

With Turkey's population set to be 100 million by mid-century, and given its deep Islamic roots and how it is so distant culturally from Europe, do you think it's a good or bad idea to bring Turkey into the EU? Do you think it would work?

Based on certain biblical passages, such as Revelation 19:11 among others, which says "Jesus Christ is the mighty warrior", the course was taught to U.S soldiers. Soldiers had to sit through a PowerPoint session of "Fundamentalist love for the apocalypse."

Theists claim atheists believe in nothing, but on closer examination, it’s the theist who believes this life is nothing but a stopover for the next life - a non-material life spent in endless grovelling worship towards a monster in the clouds. Thinking this way devalues this life - the real and only one.

Our brains have evolved to think faithfully. This may have served us well in the past, but now it's nothing but an unfortunate relic. With faith, there is no check system,…